Who appointed John R. Gibson?

President Ronald Reagan appointed John R. Gibson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1982.

Was John R. Gibson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John R. Gibson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John R. Gibson's confirmation vote?

John R. Gibson was confirmed by voice vote on March 4, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1982 / Served to 2014

John R. Gibson

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, John R. Gibson was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Missouri School of Law in 1952. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1925–2014
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1982
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Missouri 1949 · University of Missouri Law 1952
Succeeded: Floyd Robert Gibson
Succeeded by: Diana E. Murphy

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1981	Western District of Missouri succeeded Elmo Bolton Hunter	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1982	Eighth Circuit succeeded Floyd Robert Gibson	Reagan (R)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

University of Missouri	A.B.	1949
University of Missouri School of Law	J.D.	1952

Judicial Record

In our data, Gibson authored 3 published opinions for the court (1981–1982). Most cited: Gold Cross Ambulance v. City of Kansas City (15 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1982	Gold Cross Ambulance v. City of Kansas City	538 F. Supp. 956	15
1982	Anderson v. Pryor	537 F. Supp. 890	5
1981	Bartlett & Co., Grain v. Union Pacific Railroad	528 F. Supp. 1234	2

Showing the 3 most-cited of 3 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed John R. Gibson?: President Ronald Reagan appointed John R. Gibson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1982.
Was John R. Gibson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John R. Gibson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John R. Gibson's confirmation vote?: John R. Gibson was confirmed by voice vote on March 4, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John R. Gibson on?: John R. Gibson was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Sources

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32 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).